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Mosque Attack Shows Egypt’s Vulnerability to Militant Islamism
November 28, 2017
An attack thought to be perpetrated by an Islamic State affiliate that killed over 300 worshipers at a Sufi mosque in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula has underscored the vulnerabilities of the country in effectively combating the spread of Islamist extremist groups that carry out mass-casualty attacks and have ample safe havens among militant Islamist groups in neighboring Libya.
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Pakistan Islamists Refuse to End Blasphemy Blockade
November 28, 2017
The followers of the militant Tehreek-i-Labaik Ya Rasool Allah Party in Pakistan have refused to end their blockade of the country's capital city until Pakistan's Law Minister is ousted for "blasphemy" because of a new electoral oath of office omitting a reference to Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.
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IS Collapse Enables Iranian Islamist Model
November 28, 2017
The military defeat of Islamic State (IS) has created a window of opportunity for the consolidation of an alternative model of global Sunni jihadism, as Iran strengthens its anti-IS client relationships in Syria and Iraq to consolidate a Shiite Islamist arc in the Mideast that will function as a platform for export and promotion of global jihad.
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US Islamic Charity NGOs Host Islamist Extremists
November 28, 2017
Two Islamic charities registered in Virginia recently hosted at a fundraising conference extremist Islamist imams from Pakistan, the US, and Canada who advocated the legitimacy of violent jihad against "ignorant Infidels," urged attorneys to use the courts to restrict the religious freedom of heretics, and pushed American Muslims to combat "conspiracies against Islam."
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Pakistan Releases Alleged Mumbai Attacker
November 28, 2017
A judicial review court in Pakistan ordered the release from detention of the Islamist cleric who allegedly masterminded the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, despite the fact that the US has offered a $10 million bounty for the cleric, who is affiliated with the militant Islamist group Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), which the UN has designated a terrorist organization.